Panchthupi Haripada-Gouribala College began its journey on 24th September 1996. Although the classes were formerly held in the ancestral building of the Land lord of the village Panchthupi later the college was shifted to its new building on the bank of the river ‘Mayurakshi’ at the fore of the village Panchthupi Murshidabad. The College is co-educational and is affiliated to the University Kalyani. Presently it has only the Humanities stream